F alex wills (18 Ergebnisse)

29 cm x 22,5 cm, kart. Ausg.. 44 S. mit vielen schw./w. Fotos, Der Einband ist nachgedunkelt, etwas fleckig und hat Randläsuren. Der Buchblock ist teilweise vom Buchrücken gelöst. Die Seiten sind etwas nachgedunkelt. Sonst guter Zustand. Versand nur innerhalb Deutschlands möglich. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 400.…

hardback. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. hardback, octavo, third impression. A tightly bound copy, rubbed lightly at the head of the spine, paper age-toned, contents free of marking. the dust jacket unclipped but part faded and chipped with some loss along the top edge. Map to the browned endpapers, b&w plates, 176pp.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Original Edition. Introduction and Description by F. Alex Wills. Newcastle upon Tyle: Strawberry House, Andrew Reid & Company Limited, n.d. [c.1951]. Original Edition. 11.25" x 8.5". 44pp. Brown cloth. Book in near fine condition (endpapers slightly toned), dj very good (edges lightly worn, few short tears, price-clipped). Frontis map, 41 images mostly from photographs. Pasted on the front endpaper, a printed label, "Souvenir of Visit to Newcaste Upon Tyne", with Commander R. R. Green's name typed in as recipient, and ink-signed by Lord Mayor William McKeag, dated 7 September 1951.; 11.25 x 8.50 inches; 44 pages.…

hardcover. Zustand: Acceptable. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A readable copy. All pages and the cover are intact (dust cover may be missing). Pages can include considerable notes--in pen or highlighter--but notes cannot obscure the text. An acceptable condition book. No dust jacket. Fraying to the book corners and notable wear and marks to the boards and spine hence acceptable. The boards feel a little loose. The textblock shows a typical amount of toning and handling but is fine for it's age, with unfaded print and sturdy pages. A reading and reference copy only.…

Zustand: Good. Boards have some wear, fading to spine. Content is clean with minor age tone. No DJ.

Orange hardback cloth cover. Zustand: Good. Reprint. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Some foxing. Spine discoloured and marked. 210mm x 160mm (8" x 6"). 256pp + plates. 15 b/w plates + maps.

Softback card cover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. G: in good condition without dust jacket as issued. Slight foxing. 180mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). 31pp. Fold-out map.

Softback card cover. Zustand: Good. Pocket Edition. G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued. 180mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). 32pp. Fold-out map.

Purple/white card cover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. G: in good condition without dust jacket as issued. 180mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). 32pp. Fold-out map to rear.

Softback card cover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. 180mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). 31pp. Fold-out map.

Reprint. Free end papers a little browned; spine & back board faded; spine & board corners bumped; small dent in bottom edge of front board. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dustjacket) Used - Good. Good hardback (no dustjacket).

Green board cover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. G: in good condition without dust jacket as issued. 180mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). 32pp. p.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. First printing of the true first edition. No printed publication date but circa 1946. Illustrated with sixteen black and white full-page plates including frontispiece showing: Old Border Bridge, Berwick-on-Tweed', twenty area black and white maps to each chapter, and four maps to the front and rear free endpapers (all plates, maps and plans present as called for). With a two-page foreword by A. Kerr Clarkson. ***Very good in orange cloth-covered boards with black titles to the spine and front board. The boards show some patches of fading at the top and tail of the spine and top of front board near the spine but are quite clean, having been protected by the dustwrapper. Edges of boards slightly rubbed but no bumps or creases, except for light creasing to the top and tail of the spine. Corners sharp. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. There is some rippling to the cloth over the back board where the book must have been affected by water at some stage (also affecting the dustwrapper lightly). Page block edges clean with none of the usual foxing. Internally near fine with no inscriptions. No creases or tears. Black and white map illustrated front and rear free endpapers showing: Celtic Northumberland, Roman Northumberland, Saxon Northumberland and Norman Northumberland respectively. Pages clean with no foxing - printed on thick paper. ***In a good colour illustrated dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of 15/-. Whilst largely complete, there are some areas of loss at the top and tail of the spine, and a closed tear at the top edge of the front panel with associated creasing. Edges of dustwrapper creased, nicked and rubbed. Very small loss and small tears to the corner tips of the dustwrapper. There is a long closed tear to the fore-edge of the front flap foldover. There is also some rippling to the back panel of the dustwrapper where the book must have been affected by water at some stage. Dustwrapper slightly rubbed and discoloured (being a plain white background). ***218mm x 162mm. 242 numbered pages, plus a one-page Epilogue, an Index and a two-page selection from the Castles, Bastles and Pele Towers which formed the English Gate at the back of the book. ***Chapters: 1. Tyne and Derwent Dales; 2. The Dales of Allen; 3. Gilsland and South Tyne; 4. North Tyne; 5. In Heartbreak Valley; 6. Along Dere Street; 7. Roman Redesdale; 8. The Cheviots; 9. Around a Celtic City; 10. Tiptoe Through Till Valley; 11. The Silvery Tweed; 12. Berwick to Holy Island; 13. The Smuggleries; 14. The Vale of Aln; 15. The Valley of the In Yore Folk; 16. Upper Coquetdale; 17. Lower Coquetdale; 18. Vales of Wansbeck and Pont; 19. Saxon Shore; 20. Great North Road. ***'This is a book packed with facts, which are always interesting, and opinions advanced as facts, which are often exciting. The Vagabond has great literary courage. He assails the experts on such subjects as the Wall, and the Roman civilisation in Britain, with cheerful certainty and a knobbly verbal cudgel'. ---***---'The James Alder illustrations bring an obviously skilful artist's illuminating pen to the decoration of the pages'. - Newcastle Journal and North Mail (Quote and review quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***First printing of the true first edition, with all maps and plates present as called for, especially hard to find in its original fragile 1940s thin dustwrapper in largely complete condition. Only five copies listed on Copac, three copies listed on WorldCat. Of interest to the local North Country / Northumberland historian. Uncommon, especially in the fragile post-war dustwrapper. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. James Alder (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. First printing of the true first edition. No printed publication date but circa 1946. Illustrated with sixteen black and white full-page plates including frontispiece showing: Old Border Bridge, Berwick-on-Tweed', twenty area black and white maps to each chapter, and four maps to the front and rear free endpapers (all plates, maps and plans present as called for). With a two-page foreword by A. Kerr Clarkson. ***Very good in orange cloth-covered boards with black titles to the spine and front board. The boards show some fading at the edges but are remarkably clean - having been protected by the dustwrapper. Edges of boards slightly rubbed but no bumps or creases, except for light creasing to the top of the spine. Corners sharp. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Page block edges slightly foxed. Internally also very good with no inscriptions. No creases or tears. Black and white map illustrated front and rear free endpapers showing: Celtic Northumberland, Roman Northumberland, Saxon Northumberland and Norman Northumberland respectively. Pages clean with no foxing - printed on thick paper. ***In a good colour illustrated dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of 15/-. Whilst largely complete, there are some areas of loss at the top and tail of the spine - a small hole in the spine, and a chip to the top edge of the back panel. Edges of dustwrapper creased, nicked and rubbed. Very small loss and small tears to the corner tips of the dustwrapper. There is a long closed tear to the fore-edge of the front flap foldover. Dustwrapper slightly rubbed and discoloured (being a plain white background). ***218mm x 162mm. 242 numbered pages, plus a one-page Epilogue, an Index and a two-page selection from the Castles, Bastles and Pele Towers which formed the English Gate at the back of the book. ***Chapters: 1. Tyne and Derwent Dales; 2. The Dales of Allen; 3. Gilsland and South Tyne; 4. North Tyne; 5. In Heartbreak Valley; 6. Along Dere Street; 7. Roman Redesdale; 8. The Cheviots; 9. Around a Celtic City; 10. Tiptoe Through Till Valley; 11. The Silvery Tweed; 12. Berwick to Holy Island; 13. The Smuggleries; 14. The Vale of Aln; 15. The Valley of the In Yore Folk; 16. Upper Coquetdale; 17. Lower Coquetdale; 18. Vales of Wansbeck and Pont; 19. Saxon Shore; 20. Great North Road. ***'This is a book packed with facts, which are always interesting, and opinions advanced as facts, which are often exciting. The Vagabond has great literary courage. He assails the experts on such subjects as the Wall, and the Roman civilisation in Britain, with cheerful certainty and a knobbly verbal cudgel'. ---***---'The James Alder illustrations bring an obviously skilful artist's illuminating pen to the decoration of the pages'. - Newcastle Journal and North Mail (Quote and review quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***First printing of the true first edition, with all maps and plates present as called for, especially hard to find in its original fragile 1940s thin dustwrapper in largely complete condition. Only five copies listed on Copac, three copies listed on WorldCat. Of interest to the local North Country / Northumberland historian. Uncommon, especially in the fragile post-war dustwrapper. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. James Alder (illustrator). …

Illustrated card cover. Zustand: Good. [First Edition]. G: in good condition without dust jacket as issued. Cover heavily rubbed. Spine taped. Slight foxing. 290mm x 230mm (11" x 9"). 112pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 230pp, some black and white chapter headers and in-text illustrations. Green cloth-covered boards black titles on spine, map endpapers. 12mo. Rubbed corners and spine head, spine heel bumped. cloth rippling on front fore edge, some mottling to front. Text block edges tanning. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket protected with Brodart-style sleeve, has loss at spine heel, significant shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage. Davies, Beryl Victoria (illustrator).…

Zustand: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original orange cloth covers, black lettering to the spine and the upper panel. 8vo 9½'' x 7'' 243, 12 [pp]. End paper maps, 16 single-sided monochrome illustrations throughout. In Very Good clean and bright condition, spine not faded, no foxing, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. NORTHUMBERLAND. …

Zustand: Gut. 1. Auflage, 124 S. nachgebunden Leineneinband, Einband beschabt, Schnitte nachgedunkelt, guter Zustand.